Busan Travel Information
Posted by admin on Sep 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
The second biggest city in South Korea, Busan can offer its visitors nice beaches meant for water sports nad green mountains great for trekking. Lively nightlife, nice golf courses, hot springs and spas make youe stay even more enjoyable. Busan is a busy and international port city that has great shopping opportunities, but not so much foreign tourism. It is a predominantly modern city, but there are also some old temples...
South Korean woman claims 14 peaks climbing record
Posted by admin on Apr 27, 2010 | 6 Comments
A South Korean climber has reached the top of Annapurna in Nepal and claimed a record for becoming the first woman to scale the world‘s 14 highest peaks.
Oh Eun-sun was shown live on television planting a South Korean flag on the summit of the mountain.
But there is still a row over Ms Oh‘s 2009 ascent of another Himalayan peak, with some disputing whether she reached the top.
BBC says Oh is due to be questioned...
Haeinsa – Reflections On A Smooth Sea
Posted by admin on Mar 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Haeinsa is one of the major Buddhist temple located in South Korea. Haeinsa means “Reflections on a Smooth Sea”. It is situated in the South Korea’s Gaya Mountain. The temple was earlier constructed in 9th century and was later reconstructed in the 19th century. The Buddhish Scriptures namely the Tripitaka Korean that are copied in the temple made the temple very much popular.
History
It is said that earlier in...
Busan The City Of Tomorrow
Posted by admin on Mar 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
Second largest metropolitan city after Seoul in South Korea Busan is also called as Pusan and is the largest port city in South Korea. Located on the South eastern tip of Korean Peninsula it is the fifth largest port in the world. It faces the Korea Strait with narrow valleys between Suyeong River and Nakdong River and the beautiful mountains separate some of its districts. It has 15 major administrative districts and...
Jeju-Do The Free International City
Posted by admin on Mar 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Jeju-do is a Korean named that is used for acknowledging the Jeju Province. It is also a smaller named of Jeju unique independent Province. The region is the lone extraordinary independent province in entire region of South Korea. The province is located on the biggest island of the country. Jeju-do is located in the Korea Strait, in the southwestern frontier of the Jeollanam-do area. In the past Jeju-do was a part of...
Some Facts about South Korea
Posted by admin on Mar 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
There are many facts about South Korea. The following are some of the facts about South Korea. The official name of South Korea is Taehan Min’guk or the Republic of Korea. The country lies within Asia with a time zone of UTC+9. The flag of South Korea has a white background with a red and blue center symbolizing yin and yang. The center is surrounded by a black trigram belonging to ancient Confucian I Ching.
The capital...
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